George Washington Collins

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1969–1973ID C000637

LegislationHEADLINE

93%with Dems

of 193 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

93%with Dems

of 193 · both combined

Steepest move

+6 pts

1969 → 1971

still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1969

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

93.8%with Democrats

of 177 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, +6 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Oct 18, 1972H.Con.Res. 726No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 18, 1972S. 2770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 17, 1972H.J.Res. 1331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 1331), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 14, 1972S. 4062No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1972H.R. 16654No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1972H.Res. 1153No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 10729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 14989No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 177 contested votes scored in the 92nd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

2 Congresses

91st · 196992nd · 1971

Democrat · House · IL91st–92nd

Term datesexact

George Washington Collins

Representative from Illinois

HOUSED1969–19732 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

93.3%with Democrats

of 193 votes · 6.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested93%of 193 · combined

Steepest move+6 pts1969→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019691971

1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 177 votes93.8%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 177 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

91st · 196992nd · 1971

Democrat91st–92nd

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th